Sundial 91
- Dial City: Baltimore
- Dial State/Province: Maryland
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 39° 19.017' N
- Dial Nr: 91
- Dial Type: Polyhedral Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 76° 38.133' W
- Dial Owner: Baltimore
- Dial Designer: Peter Hamilton
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 1892, renovated 1904, 1994
- Location:
- Druid Hill Park Memorial Rose Garden by the greenhouse. Enter from gate at Gwynns Falls Pkwy and SR 129.
- Description:
- Bronze on stone. Renovated 1904 and again in 1994 (by George McDowell.). It is a 17-facet hemispherical compendium dial. Has facets calibrated for local solar time for Baltimore, Jeddo [Tokyo], Honolulu, Sitka, Pitcairn Islands, San Francisco, Cape Cod, Rio Jancito, London, Fernano Po, Cape Town, Jerusalem, and Calcutta. Has a polar and vertical dial for Baltimore time. Built in 1892 by Peter Hamilton, 19th C Baltimore stonecutter, became president of the company which supplied granite for the Library of Congress building. Repaired and reset in 1904. Reworked in 1993. The original pedestal remains, consisting of a stone pillar carved to resemble the trunk of a tree.
- Inscription:
- 'SINE UMBRA NIHIL' on equatorial facet. Two other facets list the dates of the dedication and renovations.
- Other References:
- George McDowell, 'The Druid Hill Park Polyhedral Dial, NASS Compendium, Vol. 2, No. 2, p.10. June 1995
- National Geographic, Feb 1927.
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